LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Life-Boats Named
THREE new life-boats were named in July, 1958. H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, agreed to name two of them and her daughter, H.R.H. Princess Alexandra, named the third. The life-boats which were to be named by the...
Category: Inaugurations
Ban Righ
.— Dur- ing the morning of the 26th February the wind freshened into a N.W. gale with a moderate sea. About 6.30 a message was received from the Coast- guard that a schooner was ashore at Scotston Head, and the crew of the Life-boat George...
Testing Times
The problems encountered by lifeboat designers seeking extra speed have been mentioned before in these pages, as boat design is never as straightforward as it may seem. Increased speed is not just a question of bigger engines or even just of...
Category: Articles
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
patron—ibis Most ©racious fl&ajestg tbe Chairman— COLONEL SIR FITZROY CLAYTON, K.C.V.O., V.P.
Deputy Chairman— SIR JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.H.G...
Category: Advertisement
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BANFF, SCOTLAND.—A life-boat station has been recently established at Banff, .on the north-east coast of Scotland, in connec- tion with the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT' INSTITUTION.
A self-righting boat on' the...
Category: Articles
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Injured climber A MAN, APPARENTLY SERIOUSLY INJURED and lying at the foot of the cliff at Jackets Point, three miles north east of Port Isaac ILB station, was reported to the honorary secretary by HM Coastguard at 1332 on Wednesday, May...
Elizabeth Kloosterboer
RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY.—On the 1st March, at about 3 A.M., a light was seen for a short time, apparently from a vessel off Rhosneigir. The crew of the Life-boat Thomas Lingham assembled, and the boat was got out, but the light disappeared, and...
Give it a go: Coastal birdwatching
As nesting season begins this month, RSPB Warden Paul Morrison shares some of the winged wonders along our coastlines
No one sets foot on Coquet Island, just off the Northumberland coast, except a lucky team who live in...
Category: Articles
Front Cover
Front cover Lough Swilly crew members aboard relief Tyne class lifeboat Good Shepherd tackle a fire aboard 14m fishing vessel Lady of Portnablagh. Photo © Lough Swilly lifeboat crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 52Ft Barnett Class Ex-Lifeboat Ramsey Dyce Alongside the Broken-Down Diving Boat.
The 52ft Barnett class ex-lifeboat Ramsey Dyce alongside the broken-down diving boat. - View image in PDF
Photo Angus Beaton. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs